Although many researchers study the students' moral judgments and behavior, but about the emotional dimension of morality, wich is considered as emotions related to the interests of others Instead of self-interest, literature is scant. The aim of this study is to inves
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Although many researchers study the students' moral judgments and behavior, but about the emotional dimension of morality, wich is considered as emotions related to the interests of others Instead of self-interest, literature is scant. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of moderating of empathy in the relationship between moral judgment and moral behavior of students. For this purpose, 336 students (176 girls and 160 boys) of high school students in eighth Grade in Mashhad were selected by Multistage cluster sampling. Tools used in this research include: 15 questions checklist moral behavior of Swanson and Hill (1993), the short form of moral stories of Rest and colleagues (1973), for moral judgment, and empathy questionnaire of Mark Davies (1994). Different analytical tests including Pearson correlation and hierarchical regression was used to examine the findings The results showed that there is a significant, direct but weak relationship between moral judgment and moral behavior. also there is positive and significant relation between empathy and moral behavior. Regression analysis showed empathy has the moderating effect on the relationship between moral judgment and moral behavior. as well as gender differences in two empathic concern and perspective-taking subscales was observed. According to the results, it can be said that not only students' moral behavior is directly predictable from moral judgment, but also this relationship moderated through empathy.
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